DHAKA: People working long hours are more likely to have a stroke, according to analysis of more than half a million people.The data, published in the Lancet medical journal, showed the chance of a stroke increased beyond the traditional 9am to 5pm.The link is uncertain, but theories

DHAKA: Even light and moderate drinking - up to one drink a day for women and two drinks a day for men - could increase the risk of cancer, say researchers.The work in the British Medical Journal looked at two large US studies involving more than 100,000 adults, reports the BBC.According

DHAKA: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a libido-enhancing drug for women that has been dubbed ‘Female Viagra’.Flibanserin, a drug produced by Sprout Pharmaceuticals, recently passed an FDA advisory committee meeting.The pill is designed to assist premenopausal

DHAKA: Being exposed to "good bacteria" early in life could prevent asthma developing, say Canadian scientists.The team, reporting in Science Translational Medicine, were analysing the billions of bugs that naturally call the human body home.Their analysis of 319 children showed they were

DHAKA: Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) has canceled the registration of 51 medicines and drugs produced by several companies, including Renata, Square Pharmaceuticals, Opsonin and Ibn Sina.Production, purchase, sale, distribution, storage and display of 51 medicines of

DHAKA: Cutting fat from your diet causes more effective weight loss than restricting carbohydrates, new research has claimed, reports scotsman.com.Scientists fed 19 obese adults controlled diets over two separate fortnights, where the slimmers cut carbs by 30 per cent during the first

DHAKA: Physicians at all government hospitals and health centers have been ordered to provide free medical services for four hours on August 15 marking the National Mourning Day.The services will be given from 8:00pm to 12:00pm at all government medical college and hospitals, specialized

DHAKA: A four-day international conference with the participation of the countries of Asia and pacific regions will begin in Dhaka on November 20.Cabinet secretary Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan informed the media after a cabinet meeting in city on Monday.He said that the

DHAKA: The World Breastfeeding Week (WBW)-2015, coordinated by World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), begun on Saturday with the theme, ‘Breastfeeding and Work: Let’s Make It Work’.This year WABA calls for concerted global action to support women to combine breastfeeding

DHAKA: HIV can be flushed out of its hiding places in the body using a cancer drug, researchers show.The cornerstone of treatment, anti-retroviral therapy, kills the virus in the bloodstream but leaves "HIV reservoirs" untouched.The study, published in PLoS Pathogens, showed the drug was

DHAKA: The government has closed the appointment of third and fourth class employees in the government hospitals.Rather, the appointments will be given following outsourcing processes. The employees will be sacked for breaching any conditions of circular.Health secretary Syed Monjurul

DHAKA: The world's first malaria vaccine has cleared one of the final hurdles prior to being approved for use in Africa.The European Medicines Agency gave a positive scientific opinion after assessing its safety and effectiveness.It represents a 'green light' for the Mosquirix jab,

DHAKA: Nearly 1 in 10 people worldwide have mental health disorder, but only one per cent of the global health workforce is working in the area, the WHO said today with a top official underlining that a country of India's size needs about ten times more specialists than it currently

DHAKA: The World Health Organisation is ‘culturally’ unfit to deal with global health emergencies, an independent review has found in the wake of the Ebola crisis.Experts called for a fundamental overhaul of the body, a branch of the United Nations, which was severely criticised for

DHAKA: Too much focus on exams is damaging pupils' mental health and self-esteem in England's schools, a report says.The National Union of Teachers' report says pupils are developing stress-related conditions linked to testing.Based on a survey of 8,000 teachers and a review of research,

DHAKA: The way children sniff different aromas could form the basis of a test for autism, suggest researchers in Israel.People spend longer inhaling the delightful aroma of a bouquet of roses than the foul stench of rotting fish.The results of tests on 36 children, in the journal Current

DHAKA: Up to 11,000 Australian dental patients were urged to see their doctors Thursday over fears they may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis due to hygiene breaches at clinics in Sydney. New South Wales Health said 12 dentists from four surgeries were accused of poor cleaning and

DHAKA: South Korea on Saturday said it was closely monitoring a hospital in eastern Seoul over fears that hundreds of people there may have been exposed to the deadly MERS virus.A 70-year-old woman who caught Middle East Respiratory Syndrome while visiting an infected relative in a

DHAKA: South Korea’s health ministry reported on Monday two more deaths in the country’s Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak, bringing the number of fatalities to 27.The ministry also confirmed three new cases, taking the total to 172 in an outbreak that is the largest

DHAKA: Events are being held across the world to celebrate the first ever International Yoga Day, with tens of thousands of Indians taking part in yoga sessions across the country.Across India, tens of thousands of people, including military officials, bureaucrats, politicians, students